So, it is very apparent that you hold to a "sinless perfection" doctrine.
Maybe you should state what you believe the "sinless perfection" doctrine is, and ask me if I believe it instead of making an assumption I would agree with your definition of "sinless perfection." That would be reasonable, don't you think?
As with your mis-application of 1 John and other Scriptures
It is you that misapply 1 John by rejecting it for "the Body." The principle of being born of God applies to the Body. Those who are born of God cannot sin (1John 3:9), and those who do sin are of the devil (1John 3:8) regardless of what dispensation you think the epistle was written for.
In the book of Romans, chapter 6 deals with the Two Natures of the Believer.
Wrong! It is about two natures, one being the carnal mind (unbeliever) and the other being the mind of Christ (believer).
However, the sinful nature of your former person--your "old man"--continues to dwell in and seek to rule your mortal body.
If that is your experience then your "old man" is not dead, wasn't crucified. He's still roaming around.
I don't have that problem.
God sees you now, not as the person you were under condemnation and death, but as the person you are in righteousness and life.
:duh:
But God sees abortion doctors who continue to murder the innocent as murderers, because they have rejected the spirit of grace. That fact that you don't understand that proves you have sliced and diced the word of God to render it virtually meaningless.
You and I were taken out of the realm of the flesh and placed in the realm of the Spirit the moment that we were saved, but the flesh was not then taken out of us. That old sinful capacity is still with us this side of Heaven. We are saved people living in unsaved ("mortal") bodies.
Again, :duh:....
When we lose the unsaved body, we will lose the sin nature that belongs to it. This will ONLY happen at death or rapture.
Do you think that the Holy Spirit is not powerful enough to bridle your supposedly dead "old man?" That is what you are implying. It is a form of godliness that denies the power of Godliness you are preaching.
When we are saved, a battle begins between our saved soul and our unsaved body. Paul writes of this battle that continues within us even after our salvation...
What you overlook in Paul's words is that he not speaking of willful sin at all. He is strictly speaking of involuntary acts that, under the Mosaic law, would have been defined as sin. Further, he explicitly states that he is not sinning ("It is not I"), but that it merely sin which dwells in his flesh. I already covered this. Pay attention!
It CANNOT get any clearer than that. Those verses/context make it 100% clear that we still retain the sinful fallen nature after salvation. So, we do and will sin.
Do you always walk in the spirit or not? If you walk in the flesh, you will sin. If you walk in the spirit, you cannot sin. I already covered this. Pay attention!
Col 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace,
Eph 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
Not one of those verses cover present or future sins. I gave you an explicit verse that stated it is the sins of the past that are forgiven (Rom 3:25), yet you conveniently ignore that. Why? And you cannot show me one verse that states your present or future sins are forgiven, because they don't exist. That's because YOU don't have a license to sin.
Ahhhh...The ol' "unpardonable sin".:chew:
It doesn't surprise me that you don't think continuing to sin in spite of the spirit of grace is the unpardonable sin, but it is nonetheless.